Two horses who were not among the top seven in last month’s Top Midlantic-bred Poll are new to the list this month — including the top-ranked horse of all.

Top-ranked Shamrock Rose (PA) won a pair of graded races to leap from the roster of those also receiving votes to the head of the class. The daughter of First Dude won the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, narrowly prevailing in a frantic finish for trainer Mark Casse and owner Conrad Farms. That win came one race after she had scored in the Grade 2 Lexus Raven Run at Keeneland.

The Raven Run runner-up was another Midlantic-bred: the Maryland-bred Blamed (MD), a daughter of Blame bred by Sagamore Farm and trained by Bill Mott for Cleber Massey. Sent to Mott after a productive early season in the Southwest, she now also owns a graded stakes win, having taken the Grade 3 Comely.

The retiring type

One of the top seven — Unique Bella (PA) — is retired. But voters couldn’t stay away, and who can blame them? She won two Grade 1 races and a Grade 2 race, while also finishing third in yet another G1 test.

The daughter of Tapit was trained by Jerry Hollendorfer for Don Alberto Stable. She concludes her career with nine wins from 12 starts, more than $1.2 million in earnings, and an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter.

Another retiree — Army Mule (PA) — is first on the list of those also receiving votes.

Quite a quartet

The top four on the list all are Grade 1 winners. In addition to Shamrock Rose and Unique Bella, they include:

Spring Quality (PA), winner of the Grade 1 Manhattan. The Quality Road gelding, who also placed in a couple of other graded events, is trained by Graham Motion for the Augustin Stable operation of breeder George Strawbridge, Jr.

Knicks Go (MD), who took the Grade 1 Breeders Futurity at Keeneland. The Paynter colt also ran a game second in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. He is trained by Ben Colebrook for KRA Stud Farm and was bred by Angie Moore.

Odds ‘n’ ends

Three of the runners — the top three, in fact — were bred in Pennsylvania. Three of the other four were bred in Maryland.

The seventh, Late Night Pow Wow, was bred in West Virginia by John McKee. The sophomore daughter of Fiber Sonde, winner of the G3 Charles Town Oaks, was bred by John McKee. She is trained by Javier Contreras, who for most of the year also owned her. But after the Oaks, he sold her to Breeze Easy LLC.